Magnoliids: Flowering Plants that are Neither Monocots nor Eudicots

Magnoliids include roughly 10,9000 species (Christenhusz & Byng (2016) of flowering plants that are neither monocots nor 'dicots'. Though many species are woody herbaceous members also exist. They have at least three of the following: Flower parts are numerous or in 3's or multiples of 3, leaves have netted venation, seeds possess 2 seed leaves (cotyledons), and pollen grains have one opening. Many magnoliids posess a number of ancestral angiosperm features such as apocarpous flowers (multiple simple pistils) with many parts and simple evergreen leaves. To browse, select the desired Magnoliid family in the menu on the left